THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Major League Baseball suffered a 4% loss in attendance in 2018 and the drop is continuing.
  • Amazon is now hiring for its new northern Virginia headquarters.
  • Soulja Boy has been sentenced to 240 days in prison for violating his weapons probation.
  • Hulu has topped 28 million U.S. subscribers, gaining at least 3 million users since January.
  • "Empire" has been renewed, but Jussie Smollett will NOT return with it.
  • Queen Elizabeth II appointed Duchess Kate Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
  • Chase bank tried to motivate customers with low bank balances to save more by suggesting they make coffee and eat at home and walk more.
  • MGM is planning to cut 1,000 jobs by June.
  • ESPN The Magazine is going to end its print edition in September, but it will remain online.
  • Vince Carter says he plans to return next year to the NBA for his 22nd season.
  • Wimbledon is looking to use a serve clock in the 2020 championships.
  • Wendy's has something new on their dessert menu. The Frosty Cookie Sundae, which is ice cream with a chocolate chunk cookie piled on top of the Frosty, plus an added layer of decadence with a drizzle of Ghirardelli chocolate sauce.
  • For the record, Kim Kardashian's new bathroom sink cost $30,000.
  • One of the reasons we heard why Joe Biden didn't run for president last time around was because of what was going on with his son. Shortly after his other son, Beau, died of brain cancer, Joe's son Hunter took up with Beau's widow. Biden, distraught from the loss of one son, didn't want to put this family drama out there in the public spotlight, so he laid low. Now we hear, that Hunter and Beau's widow, Hallie, have split.
  • While you were squinting to make out Sunday night's incredibly dark episode of "Game of Thrones," you might have thought you were seeing things when a White Walker looked kind of like country star Chris Stapleton. It was.
  • If you're waiting for the next "Fantastic Beasts" movie, you're going to have to wait until November of 2021.

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